Margo Goodhand
Journalist MGB Media
- Victoria BC
Margo Goodhand has years of experience in media and communications, change management and public engagement.
Media
Social
Biography
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Distinguished Alumna, University of Winnipeg
Honoured in 2011
"The women we love"
Profile written by Stevie Cameron for Chatelaine Magazine's list of 2009, following the Winnipeg Free Press's winning of the Canadian Journalism Foundation's Excellence in Journalism award. The paper won the award twice, and was a finalist three times.
YWCA Woman of Distinction award
In communications and media.
Education
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
DEP
Directors Education Program, Institute of Corporate Directors, Board Governance
Will graduate in November 2016.
Langara College
One-year post-degree program
Journalism
University of Winnipeg
BA
Political Science/English
Honours
Affiliations
- Vice-chair National Newspaper Board of Governors
- Founding patron Centenary Newspapers Association of Canada
Languages
- English
- French
Media Appearances
A long-time Edmonton Journal fan/critic weighs in
Edmonton Journal online
2015-09-18
“I want the end of this story!” she says, brandishing a page from an Aug. 31 Journal. It’s one of those pages that make editors cringe – a feature on the Toronto Blue Jays that trails off, mid-quote.
Ouch. This is one reader you don’t mess with.
Event Appearances
Opening plenary – What the heck is happening to journalism?
Canadian Association of Journalists Edmonton, AB
2016-05-21
Panel moderator; Sexual assault and the law, and Bedrooms of the Nation
Building Empathy, Conquering Apathy symposium NAIT and Grant McEwan Colleges
2016-05-14
CBC's The Current, with Anna Maria Tremonti
The Current http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-23-2016-1.3459641/former-newspaper-editor-bemoans-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-for-canada-s-dailies-1.3459677
2016-02-24
Partnerships
Partner
Knight Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation/Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Foundation secured Knight Foundation funding to help establish the country's first Community News project, dedicated to citizen journalism. We offered classes out of the groundbreaking Winnipeg News Cafe.
